Spinal Cord is almost 50 years young

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy almost 50 years after the first surgical attempts.

With increased experience in preoperative evaluation, surgical approach and postoperative care of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy can be performed with an acceptably low risk of death. Most patients, even those in a very compromised state, have excellent, long lasting results.

What Is Spinal Cord Injury?

The spinal cord is a pathway for messages to and from the brain and other parts of the body. It has nerve cells called neurons that are divided into white matter, which has a fatty white coating called myelin, and gray matter. The spinal cord is protected by the bony spine. When the spinal cord is injured, the injury happens in two stages: the first of these is the actual injury where the cord ...

The spinal cord is never at rest

Even when we are at rest, our spinal cords show spontaneous, yet well organised, fluctuations of activity that might reflect sensory and motor networks.

Back pain: is it spinal cord compression?

After taking a thorough prostate cancer history (stage at diagnosis, types of treatment, dates of imaging, and biomarker studies), the oncology nurse conducts a baseline pain assessment, asking P.K. questions about the onset, duration, location, pattern, quality, and intensity of his pain; relieving and exacerbating factors; and use and effectiveness of pain medications. P.K. reports that he ha...

Years in Research on Spinal Cord Lesions and Repair